Mainstream media outlets in the United States are doing a poor job of fairly covering the nation’s minority communities in times of crisis, according to members of a panel discussion held in Ritter Hall last
Broiler Causes Dorm Room Fire A fire started in an oven on the fourth floor of Temple Towers residence hall Sunday night. Jaimie Giglio, one of the students who lives in the six-person apartment on
With the holiday season rapidly approaching, students know that all good – and bad – grades come to those who wait. And wait. And wait. That is, unless he or she happens to be one
Like a flyer hanging on his office door that reads, in part, “It’s not how well we perform individually, but how well we perform together,” colleagues say John A. “Jack” Niven’s team-oriented administrative approach made
Tom Brokaw, sitting at a checkered barroom table, begins a conversation with six war veterans. “Everybody I’ve ever talked to who’s gone through combat talks about the importance of your buddies, about the personal relationships,”
This week, Philadelphia newspapers broke the story of a University of Pennsylvania student who took a picture of two other students having sex in a window of a dorm room. The photographer, a junior engineering
Imagine that millions of people swear and live by your opinions. If there’s a certain restaurant you like, everyone patrons there. If there’s a particular product you enjoy, everyone purchases it. Your word is the
The average college student is someone who scrambles to get good grades in hopes of one day earning a degree. In the ideal world, the average college student would be someone who learns for the
In the early 1950s, during the political witch hunt led by Sen. Joseph McCarthy, scores of university academics were allegedly linked to the American Communist Party. Dozens were fired and blacklisted for refusing to cooperate
Marc Stier is a key player in Democratic city politics. He recently organized a grassroots organization called Neighborhood Networks, a coalition of hundreds of progressive activists who are pushing to reform city government by increasing